Donald Ban III King of Scotland 
Donald Ban III King of was born in 1034. Donald Ban III King of's father was Duncan I King of Scotland and his mother was Sibyl Fitzsiward. His paternal grandparents were Crinan Atholl Thane Atholl and Bethoc Princess of Scotland; his maternal grandparents were Siward Earl of Northumbria and Alefbed of Bernica. He had three brothers named Malcolm III King of, Melmare Earl of and Duncan Earl of. He was the second oldest of the four children. He had four half-brothers named Malcolm III, Malcolm III King of, Donald Ban III King of and Duncan Earl of. He died at the age of 160 in 1194.General Notes
Also spelled Donaldbane, Donalbane, Bane also spelled Ban or Bain was sonof Duncan I. Upon the death of his brother Malcolm III Canmore (1093)there was a fierce contest for the crown. Donald Bane besieged EdinburghCastle, took it, and, with the support of the Celtic Scots and the customof tanistry (q.v.; the Celtic system of electing kings or chiefs), he wasking nominally for at least six months. He was expelled by Duncan II, sonof Malcolm, assisted by English and Normans and some Saxons. Duncan'sreign was equally short, for Donald Bane had his nephew slain and againreigned for three years. These years saw the last attempt of the Celtsto maintain a king of their race and a kingdom governed according totheir customs. Edgar the Aetheling (q.v.), who had newly befriended theNorman king of England, led an army into Scotland, dispossessed DonaldBane, and advanced his nephew Edgar, son of Malcolm III, as sole king ofthe Scots.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0948
- b.0975 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1013 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.14 Aug 1040 in Iona, near Elgin, Scotland
- b.0890 d.0954
- b.0930 d.0995 in Finela's Castle, Fettercain, Scotland
- b.0954 in Scotland d.25 Dec 1034 in Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland
- b.0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.0960 d.1044
- b.1034 d.1194
- b.0900 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0922 d.0970
- b.0900 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0955 d.22 Sep 1027
- b.0918 d.01 Nov 0987
- b.0937 d.1000
- b.0919 d.1000
- b.0984 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0960
- b.1014 in Northumberland, England d.1040
- b.0960
- b.0997
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